January 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Lyman:
 
It is a pleasure to thank you for all of your work and commitment toward educating us about the dangers of a diet based on meat and dairy. Your book (Mad Cowboy) and Dvd lecture, and Robert Cohen's work, have changed my life and my family's diet. We so much appreciate that you share your knowledge and experience with us, as this information is not altogether easy to come by in America.

My numerous physicians never warned me about the dangers of my diet, except for one. Last year I was diagnosed with cancer and a bad liver; I was 40 years old. Of course it was shocking to me & my family. after several surgeries to removed the ever-traveling cancer masses from my chest, and enduring a lot of pain and fear, a new physician (from India) told me that one of my problems was my diet. No other physician had told me this. No other physician told me to change my diet. At any rate, this doctor advised me to immediately give up all meat and diary.

Although it was a difficult transition for me, because I loved drinking milk so much, I did stop drinking it. Within 5 - 6 months of juicing vegetables and eating raw fruits---my liver improved! The improvement to my liver was so remarkable that the test was repeated, and yes it was confirmed again. I was asked repeatedly what i had changed in my diet to improve the test results, but when I told them (two of my physicians) that I followed the advice of a new visiting doctor to give up all meat and diary, they looked at me with a puzzled expression--almost like disbelief!

One physician insisted on ordering more blood tests, saying that I was consuming too many vegetables and that I probably would have too many minerals in my system that would lead to complications, including high blood pressure. He tested my pressure several times, but it was normal.

More blood tests were ordered, this time to see whether I caused damage to myself by eating too many vegetables and fruits; all tests indicated "normal" (though my liver isn't normal yet). This terrible cancer and liver experience has taught me so much and has completely changed my life; cancer has a way of doing that, as you already know.

It also taught me that physicians do not have all of the answers and that we need to do a lot of investigating of our own--that's how I found the "NotMilk" website this year. Mr. Cohen has changed my life, although I have never met him, I am so appreciative of his dedication to informing about the dangers of dairy. I read your book, Mad Cowboy, and watched your Dvd lecture, because Cohen recommended it on his website.

I gave my brother, Michael, who is a physician in Los Angeles County, your Dvd lecture, and although he has a very busy schedule, Dr. Mike watched it 3 times!  I supposed that he missed this lecture at the University of Michigan!

Now, I am ready to order and read your new book entitled, No More Bull.

Please let me know when you will be in California next. I'd like to purchase the tickets to send my physician brother and some of his doctor friends to one of your lectures. I feel very strongly that we need to spread the word (all the information that you have to offer), so that others who don't know any better (as I did) can change lives for the better. It really is a drag being sick, and I'd like to spare others from my experience.

Once again, thank you for your dedication and commitment to educate and inform.

Best regards & much happiness in the New Year,
 
Mary & Ethan Meyer   

(Mary and Ethan live in Chino Hills, California, and a copy of original e-mail with path verification is available for anyone doubbting the authenticity of the above. Contact the Mad Cowboy Webmaster via e-mail)